Packing-box.



M. H. LoNGFELLflwe PAUKING BOX.

APYLIOATIOH 11,111) 110v. 1, mm.

909,628. Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

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WITNESSEb IN VE NTOH Jfilzozz flonyfllaw ATTORNEYS M. H. LONGFELLOW.

PACKING BOX.

APPLIQATION FILED NOV.1,1907.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

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metal of a required evice rem'ov MILTON H. LONGFELLOW,

OF PORTSMOUTH, Q1110,

PACKING-BOZ.

Specification 'of Letters; Patent.

Patented (fan. 1'2, 1909.

Application filed November I, 1907. Scriai- No. 400,165.

To all whom it co rwem: 1 Be it known t at I, Mmron H. Loserrnww', a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Portsmouth, in the county of Scioto and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Packing- Boxes, of which the following is a 11 clear, and exact description. My invention relates to knockdown or collapsible metal boxes to be used for packl iniand shipping goods osc: of the invention is to provide a box the character described, so constructed. and arranged that its parts can be expeditiously and conveniently assembled or knocked. down and compactly bundled for t'rnnsi to and from distnntlplaccs, and so that it can be made as light as ossible'consistent with the needs rcq for ample protection to the goods in transit. To such end-Lain: to construct a box made of sheet shape and'thickness to be determined by the weiglht, quality, and eliflofucter .oi the goods to shipped, that be simple, durable, and economic, and wherein the material may be corru 'ated or orated if such construction is dizsirable. It is also a. purpose of the invention to I a locking device or scctionior the several parts of the box that can be made of abrittle'materiahso that should the box ottampcred with during can be determined when the transit the' act The invention consists in attraction and combination of the several p'erts as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanythe novel con- -tions, as

ing drawings forming a part of this specification, in }Vl'li0l1 similar characters of ref-' QLGDOB indicate corresponding parts in all i; 6 w

Fi e 1 is a perspective view of the body of the box, part being broken awe and a rspectivc view of the cover and astcning ed from the boxyFig. 2'is a longitudinal centralsection through the box, the cover being lockedthereon; Fig. 3 is anenlaigeddetail section through the looking device the box and that rtion of the body ndcover with which it engages, the seqtionb'eing taken practically on the line of .Fig.. 4 Fig. 4 is an enlarged longltudinal'section tbrough the locking del vice for the cover, the section being taken substam'inlly on the iii-1c Q-,-4 of Fig. 3; F 5* is an enlur cd horizontal section through a corner ins-toning for the box, taken ru-zwticnlly on the line 5-4) of Fig. 2; Fig. '75 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of one of the corner clamps or fastening devices; Fig. T is a perspective View of the parts of the box dismantled and packed or stacked for transportation; and Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the box drawn upon 1*. reduced scnlc, illustrating a perforated body adapted to receive articles requiring ventilation.

The box consists in its entirety oi a bottom A, op osing sides B and B, opposin ends C an O, a cover D, corner locking evices E, and a locking device for the cover, designated as F. The ttoni A of the box is provided with inwardly extending side marginal overlying flangles 10, and correspondmg end flanges 11, t c said flan es being so formed that the side flanges wi not interfere'with the end flanges. The end sections 0 and C ofthe box are of the same construction and each of said sections C and C provided at its bottom portion with an outwardly extendinghorizontal flange 12, and these flanges 12 are adapted to be received beneath the flan .s 11 of the bottom A of the box, and one end section C and C is provided at its up per edge with'an outwardly extending horizontal flange 13, the flanges 13 of the said end sections bein made to stop short of the side portions 0 said secis illustrated in Fig. 1. In the further formation of the end sections C and C of the box, the side edges thereof are pcculiurly formed, as is illustrated in Fig. 5. An outwardly extending flange 14 is provided at each side portion of'each end section C and C, and the material at the outer portions of such flanges is bent upon itself to form multiple leaves, rcfcrably two in number, arranged in are l'elism, and desi atcd as 14 and 14, w ich leaves when so ormed are pressed firmly together and against said flanges 14, thus it will he observed that the side flanges 14 of the said end sections C and C are greatly increased in thickness at their outer end portions.

Each side section B and B is provided at its bottom with an outwardly extendin horizontal flange l5, and these horizontal ttom flanges 15 are adapted when the box is set up, to enter the spaces between the sidesections 0 and C, as is shown in Fi made as is shown in Fig endtoend, also .cross sect1on,an

flan es 10 of the bottom and the upper face of t e said bottom'A, as is shown in Fig. 1. Each side section B and B is further provided at its upper edge with an outwardly extending horizontal .flange 16, that stops short of the endportions of said side sections, as is also best illustrated in Fig. 1. \Vith reference to the ends of the side sections B and B, these end portions are similarly treated to the end portions of the (and 5, t at is the side sections B and B. at,t eir end portions are carried out toform vertical straight flanges 17, and atthe outer end portions of the said end flanges of the side sec.- tionsdli and B the material is bent upon itself "to form multiple leaves preferably two in numb'r, designated as 17 and 17", which leaves correspond to the leaves 14- and 14" of the end sections 0 and C, and lie parallel with eachother and are pressed together as firml as 'ssible.

en e side sections 13 and B, and the ends sections 0 and C"ha've their lower fian entered into thespaces between the bottom fiang: and the u face of the body of the ttom, a eli is employed to secure --the abutting eniiirgements of the flanges 14 and 17 %her at the corner portions of the box. ischp is preferably 6, each clip con sisting of a continuous piece substantial] recta in cross section and provid with a chamber 18 extending through from ractically rectangular in the chambers 18 of the clips E are-of suifioient dimensions and for- ,maticn to neatly receive the enlargements or-leafed portions of the end flanges oi the side and end sections of the box; and in the further construction of a clip E it is provided with 'an opening in its inner face extending through from end to end, as isshown trate d in at 19 in 5 and 6,'and at the said 0 ning 19 in the inner .side of a clip, the we s of ther, as is so as to "render the chamber 18. contraete at such point. In pla the clip over the corner enlargements of beset-up box, it 15 slid down over said enlargements from the top,

the larger and. major ortion of the chamber 18 ceceivin s'eiden E and open si e portion of the said chamber receives the plain surfaces of the opposing flanges 14 and 17 extending resdpectivel fromthe end sections of the box an the si e sections thereof.

' Referring to the cover D of the box, it is provided upon its under'face with an inwvardly extending flange 21.at one of its olbel g ends, the end portions .of the said flange 21 closed or presed close to the under cuts, as is illus- 5, while t e inner contracted the body of the box,

-beneath the flange 13 of the end section face of the cover D, as is shown at 22 in Fig; 1, thus producing a pocket at the said end of the cover at its under ace, and also on the under face of the cover at each of its sides inwardly extending flanges 23 are provided, 70 and these flan es 23 stop short of t e ocket-i i flange 21 and ikewise stop short of t e opposing end of the said cover, as is shown in ig. 1, and at this latter end of the cover D which is designated as 24, the material of in the cover is oint a transverse ange 25 that extends in irection of the opp'oslngend ofvthe cover, and the s ace between the upper face of the cover an the upper flange 25'is open at so each end. When the sides and the endsof the box have been placed in position on the bottom thereof, and the corner clips -E have alsq,

been placed in position, the cover is placed with its flange 24 on the u per flange 13,01. the end C in such a we t at flanges 23 enage flanges 16; then t e cover is slid over t e box until flan 21 passes over the upper flange 13 of end thereupon flan 13 0f90 end 0 and flan 25 are connectefiyth'elockin device which is slid on side-wise" as is rther explained below. Thus the cover is slid in direction of op osing ends of the box until it completely cl dses 1t, and it 96 may be here remarked that the leaf-flanges of the side and the end portions Of'jfllQ box and the clips E provided therefo'r, ami'o' such len that a space will intervene the,- u per ges of such ox, and the under face o the cover D when it IS in place as shown a in Figs. 2 and 4. This space is but slight, and is provided for the a plication of; the locking device F hereto ore referred ,to. This locking device F consists of ir-strip bf ltm metal thx 1s longitudinally bent upon itself 4 so as to form,as 1s illustrated in Figs; 1 and. 3,, an and member 26, an inner member 27, an'outer member 28, and an intermediate member 29, a space intervening the said in termediate, member, the outer member and the inner member, and the outer member 28 of this looking or closing device F is at vided with extensions 30 at its ends, w ich extensions are in the form of tabs, clearly shown in Fig. 1, The sides and ends at the box havin een secured to the hottom thereof in t e, manner described,

placed in position ovdithe tabs 30 of the loclting device F are placed in horizontal position, or arallel with the outer member 28' of said evice, and then the said device is. slid over the end portion 24 of the cover which en es with the flan e 13 of the end section 0% or example, an in sliding this device F over the flange 24; of the cover and the flange 13 of the said end section C, the member 27 of the locking device is brou%ht the top having been bent u ward to form at such.I..

'tfl e upper member 28 is brought over the upper ace of the flange 25 at the upper porgllflflmi the said cover,.while the intermediate mumber 29 of the said device F lies between the under face of the upper flange 25 of the cover and the up er face of the main flange 24 thereof as is c earl Y shown in Fig. 3, and then the tabs 30 are bent downward and under the lowermost member 27 of the locking device, effectually preventing it from slipping from position. If the material emp oyed in the construction of the locking device F is a friable material, or a material likely to break when bent upon'itsclf more than once, for exam ple, should an attempt be made to throw back the tabs,30 to to be removed, when the tastenin device is again placed in position the ta s 30 will become detached and toe arty to whom shipment is made will be ab e to readily detect that the package has been opened or has been tampered with.

To colla se the box, the locking device F is remove and the cover disengaged from the flanges 16 by slidin it to the proper end of the box. The clips E are then removed, after which the ends-and the sides are disengaged from the bottom flanges. The parts of the box may be then stacked up as shown in Fig. 7 for convenience in shipping when emptied. The parts may be stacked in any referred order, but as shown in Fig. 7, the ttom is placed first, the sides next with the flanges 15, and 16 of the one side over-lapping the flan cs 15, 16 of the other side. The ends are t on placed end to end on top of the sides, and the top above the ends.

I desire it to be understood that in the construction of the box described, the sections thereof may be corrugated instead of lain as-shown, and that also the body of the ox, particularly at its sides and at its ends, may be provided with openings or perforations 31 for the free circulation of air therethrough when erishable goods are packed in the box, as shown in Fig. 8.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A collapsible metal box comprising separable bottom, side, end and top sections, said bottom being provided with marginal overlying flanges and the sides and the ends with marginal angular flanges for engaging beneath the overlying flanges, said sides having thickened ends and said ends having at 1 their ends outwardly extending thickened ping vertically disposed an adapted to slip over said abutting flanges 95 connected with the top of the sides and the ends.

2. Acollapsible metal box comprising separable bottom, side, end, and top sections, said bottom being provided with marginal overlying with marginal outwardly extending flanges for engagmg beneath the overlying flanges, said sides having thickened ends and said ends having at their ends outwardly extendin" thickened flan es cli shavin a lon itu- 7;, permit the fastening device of the cov F d c g i P g g inal recess for receiving the said thickened ends of the sides and ends, and a contracted slot for engaging the sides and ends beyond the thickened ortion, said sides and ends being provided angular flanges and a cover having overlying flanges at its sides and one end for engaging the angular flanges, and means for locking the cover in place.

A collapsible metal box comprising sep s5 arable bottom, side, end and top sections, overlying marginal flanges for the bottom section, outwardly extending top and bottom flanges for the side and and sections, the bottom flanges being beneath the marginal flange of the bottom section, abutting vertical flanges for the side and and sections, having 0 positely extendargements, clips and their enlargements, a cover section having underlying inwardly extending flanges at ils'sides and one end adapted to receive the upper flangcs' of the side sections and an end section, is adapted to engage with the upper flange of the other end section, said latter named end of the cover bein" provided with an upper overlying inwardly extending flange,

and a locking device for the cover compr1s-,105

ing upper, lower and intermediate parallel members that interlock with the upper overlying flange of the cover and the u flange beneath the same, and pliab sions from the end portions of said device.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribin V witnesses.

MIL ON H. LONGFELLOW'.

Witnesses:

EDWARD J. Dnarnnn, LILLIAN E. LONGFELLOW- per end e extenflanges, clips having a longitudinal recess 60 flanges and the sides and the ends 7 at their top portions with 30 ada 'vted to be received which cover at its opposite end locking 1 l 0 

